# Lincoln/Douglas question.

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 2, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-question/130469 "2002-10-02T00:59:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ironikinit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ironikinit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ironikinit)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-question/130469/1 "2002-10-02T00:59:46Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_105.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_105.html)

Re: Lincoln/Douglas. The essay doesn’t really tell why Douglas went through with the debates. Cecil gave plenty of Republican reasons, but I don’t know if that’s enough to force an unwilling Douglas to debate. Did he have reasons of his own?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-question/130469/2 "2002-10-03T03:48:56Z")

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“Douglas agreed to the joint appearances only after Lincoln followed him around the state, making comments from the audience.”

From this [this site](http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/debates/history/index.shtml) .